Explosive toy.



E. C. TEUSGHER.

EXPLOSIVE TOY.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 4, 1911,

1 ,057,596, Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

mill WITNESSES:

EDWARD C. TEUSCHER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

EXPLOSIVE TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1913;.

Application filed December 4, 1911. Serial No. 663,763.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. Tnnsonnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulExplosive Toy, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exactdescription as will enable any one skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an explosive toy and particularly to one inwhich the explosion is caused by the rupture of a sheet of paper orsimilar material by air pressure.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of toy made inaccord ance with my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 is asection on Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Like reference numerals refer to similar parts in the several views ofthe drawings.

The toy, which is in the form of a cane, is provided with a shaft orhandle 5 which may terminate at its upper end in a ball 6 or similarornament. The lower end of the shaft 5 is inserted in a socket in thestem 7 of a Y-shaped member 8. The arms of this member 8 carry acircular plate 9 which is provided with a central opening 10 and has onits under surface a convex clamping face 11.

12 is a clamping member which is circular in. form and is provided withan opening of sufficient diameter to receive a halfball 13 of rubber orother impervious collapsible material, said ball being provided with aflange 1 1 for preventing its passage entirely through the opening inthe member 12. The member 12 is provided with a pair of arms 15 whichslide in guideways 16 formed in the arms of the member 8. The arms 15are provided with slots 17 which take over lugs 18 formed on the arms 8.The'arms 15 are made of spring material and are arranged to bear againstthe arms 8 so as to form a frictional connection therewith in order tohold the two members together in position to retain a strip 20 of paperbetween the same but at the same time to allow the members to be readilyseparated for the insertion of a new strip.

In operating the toy, the members 12 and 9 are separated by drawing themember 12 downwardly. The amount of movement be- .the slots 17 in thearms 15.

tightly stretched over the opening air contained therein line 22 of a Itween these members will. of course be limited by means of 'the lugs 18which enter After the member 12 has been drawn downwardly a strip ofpaper 20 is inserted bet-ween the two members as shown in Fig. 2, andthe member 12 is then forced upwardly to clamp the sheet of paperbetween the two members. The friction of the arms 15 against the member8 is sufficient to hold the parts in this position and preventaccidental displacement of the sheet of paper. The convex form of theclamping face 11 is such that the sheet of paper will be 10 in themember 9. hen a ball 13 is struck against any solid object it will becollapsed and the will be forced through the open-ing 10, thus rupturingthe sheet of paper 20 causing a sharp detonation or explosion.

It will be evident that the construction of'my device is such that thestriking of the toy to cause the explosion will tend to increase thepressure between the two clamping parts so that no springs or locks orother expensive devices are necessary to secure the clamping partsfirmly together.

I claim:

1. The combination with a frame, of a hollow body of resilient materialcarried by said. frame, an apertured. member provided with a handle, anda frictional sliding connection between said frame and han dle whereby asheet of rupturable material may be secured between said parts.

2. The combination with a pair of relatively movable members, of meansfor holding said members together to retain a sheet of rupturablematerial between them, one of said. members being provided with a convexclamping face, and a collapsible hollow body carried by one of saidmembers for rupturing said sheet of material.

3. The combination with a pair of relatively movable members, of meansfor holding said members together to retain a sheet of rupturablematerial between them, one of said members being provided with a convexclamping face, and a hollow collapsible body carried by the other ofsaid members, and adapted to rupture said sheet of material.

1. The combination with a member carrying a collapsible hollow body, ofa pair of spring arms carried by said member, a

second member provided with an aperture and frictionally engaged by saidspring arms to allow of sliding motion between said members to clamp arupturable strip over said opening, and a handle carried by saidsecond-named member.

5. The combination with a member carrying a collapsible hollow body, ofa pair of spring arms carried by said member, a second member providedwith an aperture frictionally engaged by said spring arms to allow ofsliding motion between said members to clamp a rupturable strip oversaid opening, means for limiting the relative movement between saidmembers, and a handle carried by said second-named member.

6. The combination with a member provided with a collapsible hollowbody, of a pair of spring arms carried by said member, a second memberprovided with an aperture, said member being also provided withguideways adapted to receive said spring arms, and a handle carried bysaid second member. v

7. The combination with a member carrying a collapsible hollow body, ofa pair of slotted spring arms carried by said body, a second bodyprovided with an aperture and frictionally engaged by said spring armsto allow of sliding motion between said members to clamp a rupturablestrip over said aperture, lugs carried by said second member forengaging the slots in said spring arms, and a handle carried by saidsecond member.

8. The combination with a member carrying a collapsible hollow body, ofa pair of spring arms carried by said member, a second body providedwith a convex clamping face surrounding an aperture, said last namedmember being frictionally engaged by said pair of spring arms to allowof sliding motion between said members to clamp a rupturable sheet oversaid aperture, and a handle carried by said second member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal inthe presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

ED /VARD C. TEUSCHER. [n s] Witnesses:

W. A. ALEXANDER, B. L. CROWLEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

